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The Washington Mystics will open their 2026 training camp today. Below is the entire training camp roster. Here are some things to consider regarding the roster So those are my thoughts now that I saw the training camp roster. Am I too pessimistic? It is disappointing that the Mystics haven’t made many signings besides bring […]
The Atlanta Hawks fought until the final whistle but ultimately didn’t do enough to pull out a victory in game one of their first round series against the New York Knicks, losing on Saturday night by a final score of 113-102. How It Happened Jalen Brunson poured in 19 points in the first quarter alone […]
The regular season may be over, but the real season is about to begin. The Colorado Avalanche begin their pursuit of the franchise’s fourth Stanley Cup championship today, as they face the Los Angeles Kings in first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Colorado Avalanche The Avalanche wrapped up the most successful regular season in […]
Tonight, your Portland Trail Blazers and the San Antonio Spurs square off in the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs. After an 82-game season marred by scandal, injury, disappointment and more turnovers than any other team in the league, the Blazers enter the second season with late-season momentum and a clean slate. It will be […]
In Saturday’s Brotherhood Playoff Action, Tyrese Proctor’s Cleveland Cavaliers beat Toronto, featuring RJ Barrett and Brandon Ingram, 126-113. Denver, with Tyus Jones, knocked off the Timberwolves, 116-105. The Hawks, coached by Quin Snyder and featuring Jalen Johnson, lost to New York, 113-102. The Los Angeles Lakers, coached by JJ Redick and starring Luke Kennard, grounded […]
Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 7, Durham Bulls (TBR) 3 Leadoff batter Enrique Bradfield, Jr. kick-started the offense in the first inning with a walk and two stolen bases. José Barrero singled him in for the first run, then he scored on a two-out single by Jhonkensy Noel. The next four runs were driven in on two […]
COLORADO AVALANCHE vs. LOS ANGELES KINGS WHEN: 3 p.m. ET WHERE: Ball Arena – Denver, CO SEASON SERIES: Colorado won 3-0 ON THE TUBE: TNT PROJECTED STARTERS: Avalanche: Wedgewood (31-6-6 .921 / 2.02 4SO) Kings: Forsberg (16-12-5 .910 / 2.57 3SO) PLAYER STATS: Colorado / Los Angeles TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING vs. MONTREAL CANADIENS WHEN: 5:45 p.m. ET WHERE: Benchmark International Arena – Tampa, FL...
Ever since the Spurs punched their ticket into the postseason, the city has been hosting a bevy of events. From pop -up shops last week through today’s HemisFair pep rally, there are ongoing activations to feed your Spurs fanaticism. Per a Spurs press release: Game 1 Pep Rally at HemisfairTower Park, 801 Cesar Chavez BoulevardThe […]
After a roller coaster regular season, the Philadelphia 76ers handled business in the Play-In Tournament against Orlando, earning the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference and a first-round matchup against the rival Boston Celtics. In Game 1 this afternoon in Boston, the Celtics are 13-point favorites to take a 1-0 lead in the series, and […]
The long-awaited 2026 EuroLeague Women championship is finally here, and the matchup is one that many of us had been secretly hoping for ever since groups were drawn last year. It’s one of the biggest rivalries in pro sports—Fenerbahçe vs. Galatasaray—and this season, they just so happen to have the two best women’s basketball teams […]
Here are all the other games! Game 1: Los Angeles vs. Colorado Whoever showed up from the second wildcard spot for the West was getting fed into a woodchipper. Through a series of misadventures, it happened to be the LA Kings. If you are wondering which of the first round series could be a sweep, […]
At a certain point, you have to stop circling possibilities and just make a call. Nobody enjoys that part, because it means putting something on record and living with it for the next two months. The Celtics enter the playoffs as one of the most difficult teams in the league to pin down. They’ve shown […]
“I like her game,” former Arizona women’s basketball coach Adia Barnes would say when people questioned whether former Wildcat guard Helena Pueyo should shoot more. Other people like her game, too. Pueyo has been named to the All-EuroLeauge third team and is a EuoLeague Defensive Player of the Year finalist. EuroLeague is the top level […]
EVERTON VS. LIVERPOOL | Sunday, April 19th|Premier League | Hill Dickenson Stadium 2PM BST/9AM EST Liverpool head to New Goodison for the first time in what will be the 248th Merseyside Derby. The Reds could finish the day in fourth, just three points off Manchester United in third. Or The Blues could finish the day […]
Tyrese Maxey may not be on the level of a Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luka Doncic, or even Jalen Brunson, but in a first round series against Philadelphia, the Celtics will get an opportunity to test their top-5 defense. When going up against a great player, there are two schools of thought: let them get theirs and shut […]
The San Antonio Spurs and Portland Trailblazers took very different paths on their way back to the playoffs after prolonged droughts. San Antonio far exceeded expectations, a 62-20 season that no one saw coming, built on the talents of a young core that appears to have skipped a step or two in just Victor Wembanyama’s […]
Across the regular season, the crowd at Lakers games does not rank among the best in the league. The lion’s share of the blame falls on ownership for pricing out the common, diehard fans and replacing them with fans who too often view the game as a status symbol rather than a chance to root […]
The score of this one might suggest that the Rockets weren’t in fact spanked, by the Lakers. They were. This was a wire to wire win for LA, and at no point did it seem like the Rockets were going to push past LA, take a lead, and keep it. The Lakers held the Rockets […]
According to Fred Katz, the Cleveland Cavaliers will discuss moving Donovan Mitchell if they aren’t able to get an extension done this summer. From Katz: However Cleveland fares over these next two months will mold its future. Harden has a $42 million player option for next season that he’s likely to decline, a league source […]
Satou Sabally is officially a member of the New York Liberty. On Friday morning, the franchise introduced their newest star across the street from Barclays Center at Brooklyn Basketball Training Center, where she hosted a clinic for some lucky youth that got to spend Friday hooping with a 3-time All-Star instead of going to school… […]
The Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs will commence with Game 1 of their first-round series in the 2026 NBA Playoffs Sunday evening at 6:00 PM. Before we get there, we have a special treat. I sat down with J.R. Wilco, Grand Poobah and generally nice guy at Blazer’s Edge SBNation sister site Pounding […]
The deck was stacked against the Lakers heading into the playoffs, but what awaited them was a tower of cards ready to topple over in the Rockets. Kevin Durant being a surprise scratch pregame tilted the tower to the brink of falling and the purple and gold made it a mission to finish the job […]
Whether it was a snowy Friday giving way to a sunny Saturday or the playoff vibes from the Denver Nuggets and the Colorado Avalanche spilling over, the Mile High Magic was palpable across the city today. For the cherry on top of a wonderful sports day in Denver, the Colorado Rockies got the best of […]
Martin Wanless predicts… Score prediction: Villa 1 Sunderland 1 Sunderland’s first goalscorer: Brian Brobbey After an excellent result last Sunday, we have a tough test against a Villa side who’ve done well after a tough start to the season and a midweek European game. The Spurs head-loss has distracted from our good performance but that’s […]
A career night from Luke Kennard and a double-double from LeBron James powered the Lakers to a Game 1 win over the Rockets, 107-98. After finding out pregame that Kevin Durant would be out due to a right knee contusion, the Lakers took full advantage of the opportunity. LA grabbed a lead in the first […]